My 365 project

I’m back home and fall is everywhere! Leaves are changing colours, there’s a chill in the air, even the skies are darkening. Even though it feels so short, fall is my favourite season. For that reason, this week’s photos will be dedicated to Autumn.

“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.”
-Stanley Horowitz

Walking through the High Line you can’t help but notice the pieces of Americana that dot these old neighbourhoods. The Meatpacking District and Chelsea are two places currently going through a wave of urban renewal. Once the hub of manufacturing and industry, The Meat Packing District started declining in the 1960s and became known for drugs and prostitution. In the late 1990s the revitalization of the area started with the introduction of high end restaurants, boutiques and housing attracting young professionals. The High Line itself is the center piece of this resurgence. It is a mile long park built on an abandoned elevated railroad winding through the heart of The Meat Packing District. It is an incredibly creative idea for recycling old railroad tracks.

We spent the day walking through the natural oasis of Central Park. I love that so much green space is tucked in the middle of the concrete jungle of skyscrapers that is Manhattan.

At night we went to the top of the Rockefeller center for a bird’s eye view of the big city and it’s bright lights. We continued down past Radio City Music Hall and ended the night exploring the neon streets.

This is the first time I’ve come here as an adult – which means that it’ll be a week filled with shopping, Broadway plays and late night eats. I can’t think of a better way to start the week off than a walk through the bright lights of Times Square. I love that this picture simultaneously captures Times Square, Broadway and …. Sean Jean.